Automatic feeding systems?

marine qa

Member
Has anyone had any experience w/automatic feeding systems? My work takes me to the other coast from time to time and I know few people around me whom I could trust to feed fish.
I have seen the disolving type, but they seem sketchy.
I am new to sw fishkeeping so I plan to get hardy fish that do not require live food. Specific brands of reputable feeding systems would be great.
On a similar subject, could anyone recomend a system that monitors water quality. I will probably have to resort to a service to care for the tanks, but I thought I'd ask.
Thanks in advance.
 

ryan_roberts

New Member
I'm in the same boat. What I did was hook my lights up to a timer (you can find one at your lfs) and then bought an automatic feeder. It's a round plactic container that has a hole in it. You put the food in the container then stick it onto the turning device. It makes 1 rotation every 12 hours dumping food into the tank. I've only tried it with flake food that I crushed finely to make sure it would fall out. Then I get my father to stop by every other day to put some frozen shrimp in the tank for my eel.
Good luck.
 
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